Remix by Non Pratt

Author:Non Pratt [Pratt, Non]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4063-6393-7
Publisher: Walker Books
Published: 2015-05-21T04:00:00+00:00

KAZ

Is she serious?

“I just said I’d go with Lauren to watch Ivory Lace.” I point at Lauren in case Ruby has momentarily forgotten who she is as well as what she just said.

“We don’t have to…” Lauren starts to say until she sees the expression on my face, then she mumbles something about needing the loo anyway and departs. As she passes the others, Lee half-turns to see what’s going on, registers Ruby’s expression and turns away, although by the tilt of his head, I’d guess he’s still listening.

As soon as Lauren is out of earshot, Ruby lets rip.

“I can’t believe you’re choosing her over me.”

“What? How exactly am I the villain here?” I try and keep my voice as quiet as possible. I’m not Ruby, I don’t like fighting in front of an audience. “You were the one who turned it into a choice after we’d already decided what to do.”

“So it’s ‘we’ now, is it?”

“Yes, it’s we – I’m including you in that collective pronoun. I thought you’d come too.”

“As if. Ivory Lace.” She pulls that face again.

“You don’t even know the band, Ruby.”

“I know that Lauren likes them,” she says and I shake my head in disappointment.

“That’s all this is about? You don’t like Lauren.” Ruby looks mutinous. “Why? I’m the one who’s meant to have the problem and I don’t,” I say, surprising myself with the truth. “Why is it so hard for you? Why can’t you make an effort for someone who likes me? You don’t find it so hard to like everyone else on the planet.” My voice rose with every word of that sentence and I try to ignore the glances I’m getting from everyone now, not just Lee.

I’ve got to stop letting what other people think affect what I do.

Ruby’s eyebrows furrow together for a second and she looks at me as if she’s trying to fight back the words she wants to say.

“Do you really want to know?” she says, losing the battle.

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